In July we headed up to Oregon for a 2 week family vacation. We stopped off in San Francisco for two days so that Chris could do some business before we headed further north. We stayed at a Courtyard Marriot near Fisherman's Wharf. The girls had a great time swimming almost all day long. We were on the 17th floor of the hotel and Courtney kept going over to the window at night to look at the lights. She loved "Cisco." The next day before hitting the road we went on a tour of Alcatraz!
For some reason, McKayla has had this fascination with "going to the dungeon." She even voiced her plan if Mom was to ever have to go to the "dungeon." She says, "Grandma and Grandpa can come and take care of us. Then we can go and visit you through the little window!" I assured her that I would never do anything that would make me go to jail. She replied, "Well, maybe someone else would do something bad and say you did it!" ......
So, McKayla particularly liked this trip. The audio tour is amazing. The sound effects and narration by former prisoners and guards were very well done. The tour took 3 hours, but not once were the kids bored.
Next we enjoyed some time at my parent's home. Chris and I went golfing. We also got to enjoy a real rainstorm and a classic Eugene Emeralds Baseball game.
At my parent's cabin we met up with all of Chris' family for a reunion. We hadn't seen Greg and his family for 3 years, so it was great to see how big all the kids had gotten. The cousins all had a wonderful time playing together and the weather was wonderful, not a bit of wind! For the Oregon Coast, that is a huge deal!
After the Thomas gang left, my parents and Brent and his family came out for the 4th of July. Chris and I went to dinner for our Anniversary and noticed that there was a pie eating contest taking place in Old Town on the 4th. We convinced my dad to sign up, and even got Chris and Brent to join in as well. They were a huge hit. The crowd all sided with "Grandpa" and even were cheering, "Go Grandpa Go!" I think he ate like 6 pieces of pie in 2 minutes! However, Chris and Brent gave him quite a run for his money. Unfortunately, everyone was so focused on Grandpa that Chris ended up losing some time as he had to wait to get more pie!
